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From AI Pilots to Operational Impact: Building Trusted AI for Manufacturing

Sommy Boucansaud	Strategic Technology Leader, Manufacturing	ChapsVision
Jeff Everham	Head of Innovation	ChapsVision

Problem First, AI Second: A Practical Approach to Manufacturing Innovation

Scott Duncan

Lead AI & Decarbonization Engineer

Solstice Advanced Materials

From Data to Decisions: Operationalizing AI in Manufacturing IT/OT Ecosystems

Shuvdeep Bhattacharya

Global IT Director, Seating Engineering

Lear Corporation

Driving Continuous Improvement Through Data-Driven Operational Excellence

Rajan Chaudhary

Senior Process Engineer

PPG

The Conversion Layer: Why Automation ROI Lives or Dies on Human Response

Nikhil Arora

Director of Business Development

Relay

AI: Session Coming Soon

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

Accelerating AI-Enabled Robotics for Manufacturing: Bridging R&D and Commercialization

Tasha Miller

Director, Technology Programs

ARM Institute

Insights on the State of Industrial AI

Ganesh Kalipershad

Head of Enterprise Solutions

Software Toolbox

Transforming Atlanta’s Water with Modern Technology

Greg Eyerly

Commissioner

City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed Management

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

From Digital Thread to Operational AI: Scaling Trusted Intelligence in Manufacturing

Jeff Everham

Head of Innovation

ChapsVision

The Road to AI in Day-to-Day Manufacturing

Jose Urquijo

Principal Systems Engineer

Solstice Advanced Materials

Getting Started with Enterprise AI: A No-Nonsense Guide for Manufacturers

Michael Luttenberger

Field CTO

Netrix Global

Using AI in Manufacturing to Eliminate Late Production Orders – Case study of OTD Improvement in Hi-Mix/Lo-Volume Production Environment

Mark Lilly

Presdient & CEO

Lillyworks

Panel

AI-Driven Supply Chain Optimization: From Factory Floor to Global Network

Sadan Kulturel‐Konak	Professor	Penn State Berks
Mohamed Taha Elkiaei	Supply Network Operations and Logistics Director	Procter & Gamble

Applications of AI on the Production Shop Floor

Vijay Gurav

Senior Industrial Engineer

Boston Whaler

Panel

Digital Twins for Control Optimization: SCADA-Driven Simulation, Prediction & Response

Brad Nash	OTCRM SOC Supervisor	ExxonMobil
John Salako	SCADA Engineer	Enbridge

Panel

From Legacy to Smart: Retrofitting Existing Machines for AI Without a Full Equipment Upgrade

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

Panel

From Pilot to Platform: Scaling Industrial AI Across the Enterprise

Lauren Dunford	CEO and Co-Founder	Guidewheel
Scott Duncan	Lead AI & Decarbonization Engineer	Solstice Advanced Materials
Shashank Kadetotad	Global Senior Director, Enterprise Data Science and AI	Mars
Rafael Garcia	Cybersecurity Principal	El Paso Electric

Panel

AI-Enabled Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence in Industrial Operations

Scott Tucker	Operational Excellence Manager	Framatome
Vilas Shelke	Director Business Excellence	Jubilant Draximage Radiopharmacies
Shawn Driggers	Operational Excellence and Training Manager	Westinghouse

The Response Gap: Finding the Minutes Between a Detected Problem and a Completed Fix

Nikhil Arora

Director of Business Development

Relay

Industrial AI in Practice: Separating Fact from Fluff

Cami Naranjo

Chief Revenue Officer

Software Toolbox

Networking Break & 1:1 Meeting Program

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

A Practical Roadmap from Data Readiness to Measurable ROI

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

Networking Break & 1:1 Meeting Program

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

From Alert to Answer: How Tormach Used AI to Solve the Knowledge Gap in Technical Support

Brian Kaufman

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Strudel

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

Autodesk: Session Coming Soon

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

Customer-Side Playbook for Deploying AI in Manufacturing

Adam Marsh	President	Ledge Inc
Ameet Sonalkar	CTO	The Anstadt Company

Executives Breakfast Reception

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

Executives Lunch Reception

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

Keynote Fireside Chat: Alphia & Upstart 13

Steve Russell	CEO	Upstart 13
Cody Risner	Vice President of Continuous Improvement	Alphia

Upskilling the Workforce with Digital & AI Literacy

Alicia Kimiagarov

Senior Manager, Data & Analytics

Cerrowire

Xeto and the Next Industrial Stack: Why AI in SCADA Will Rise or Fall on Data Meaning

Roger Quesnel

Chief Operating Officer

SkyFoundry

Agentic AI for End-to-End Plant Optimization: Insights, Scheduling, and Anomaly Detection

Raghavendra Kalapatapu

Senior Manger Data Platform

Mohawk Industries

Panel

Navigating the Latest in SCADA Standards, Protocols, and Regulations with a Deep Dive into ISA-101

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

Panel

Beyond Pilots: CIO Lessons from Real-World AI Deployments

Steve Russell	CEO	Upstart 13
Jason Sankey	Chief Information Officer	City of Atlanta, Atlanta Information Management
Norma Grubb	CIO & CAIO	LA Department of Water and Power

Panel

Smarter SCADA: AI-Enhanced Control, Monitoring, and Predictive Operations for the Next Generation of Industrial Systems

Jose Urquijo	Principal Systems Engineer	Solstice Advanced Materials
Alicia Kimiagarov	Senior Manager, Data & Analytics	Cerrowire
John Salako	SCADA Engineer	Enbridge

Panel

AI on a Budget: High-ROI Use Cases SMEs Can Deploy Today

Alex Gruebele	President	Tau9 Labs
Jaime Camelio	Executive Director, Georgia Network for Electric Mobility	University of Georgia College of Engineering
Scott Duncan	Lead AI & Decarbonization Engineer	Solstice Advanced Materials
Vijay Gurav	Senior Industrial Engineer	Boston Whaler

Panel

Modernizing Legacy OT & IT: Strategies for Upgrading Industrial Infrastructure Without Disruption

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

From Data to Dollars - Show Me the Money: How A.I. can accelerate business impacts at your manufacturing facility

Wes Peters

Sr. Manager, Global Industrial Engineering

Goodyear

Human Judgment in the Age of Industrial AI: Leading Safely in Manufacturing, SCADA, and OT Environments

Eric Bannavti Suiseka

Global AI & Digital Literacy, Author

Bannav S Bannav

Enhancing Manufacturing, from Process Engineering to Commercialization at Lubrizol

Dan Floyd

Vice President, Manufacturing Technology

The Lubrizol Corporation

From onboarding to offboarding — what happens when your workforce isn't human?

Ricardo Estok

Former Global Operations Transformation leader at Johnson Controls and Goodyear

Way2Protect

SCADA: Session coming soon

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

Networking Break

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

The Invisible Bridge Between CIM and IEC 61850

Joel Greene

Vice President

SISCO

SCADA: Session Coming Soon

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

SCADA Session: Coming Soon

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

Keynote: Southern Company

Dr. Matthew Alberts

Manager of Innovation and Emerging Technologies

Southern Company

Networking Break & 1:1 Meeting Program

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

Executives Breakfast Reception

Aunt Bette's Homemade Pecan Pie
Rockin’ Rocky Road Ice Cream
Tom’s Heavenly Apple Strudel
Joe’s Divine Butter Tarts

You Think It’s Controlled: Identifying and Fixing Hidden Risk in AI Driven Operations

Adeel Shaikh Muhammad

Founder

Adeel Solutions

Panel

Designing the Industrial Data Stack: OT, IT, and AI Convergence in Practice

Shuvdeep Bhattacharya	Global IT Director, Seating Engineering	Lear Corporation
Jeffrey Schroeder	Director of Product Management	HighByte
Sandhya Narayanan	Executive Director of Data Management	LA Department of Water and Power

From Pilot Purgatory to the AI Highway: Why the Roman Roads & Google Maps Foreshadow the Future of Industrial Intelligence

Jonathan Alexander

Global Manufacturing AI & Advanced Analytics Manager

Albemarle Corporation

From Fragmented to Integrated: The OT Journey to WIMS

Jonathan Pitney

Director of SCADA and Controls

EPCOR USA

Panel

Industrial AI at Scale: CIO Perspectives on Transforming Manufacturing and Energy Operations

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

Panel

Legacy Systems, Modern Threats: Securing Aging Infrastructure in the Age of Industrial AI

Dawn Bali	Senior Cyber Defense Threat Intelligence Analyst	Constellation Energy
Speaker Coming Soon		AIMST Conference

Panel

Building a Unified Data Layer for IT & OT: The Foundation of Scalable Industrial AI

Speaker Coming Soon

AIMST Conference

Panel

Modern SCADA for Utilities: Interoperability, Edge Intelligence, and Cybersecurity

Dawn Bali	Senior Cyber Defense Threat Intelligence Analyst	Constellation Energy
Brad Nash	OTCRM SOC Supervisor	ExxonMobil

2026 Presentations

Table Talk

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From AI Pilots to Operational Impact: Building Trusted AI for Manufacturing

Table Talk

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Problem First, AI Second: A Practical Approach to Manufacturing Innovation

Workshop

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From Data to Decisions: Operationalizing AI in Manufacturing IT/OT Ecosystems

SCADA Tech & AI Utilities

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Driving Continuous Improvement Through Data-Driven Operational Excellence

Keynote

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The Conversion Layer: Why Automation ROI Lives or Dies on Human Response

AI Manufacturing

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AI: Session Coming Soon

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Welcome Reception

AI Manufacturing

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Accelerating AI-Enabled Robotics for Manufacturing: Bridging R&D and Commercialization

AI Manufacturing

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Insights on the State of Industrial AI

Keynote

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Transforming Atlanta’s Water with Modern Technology

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Happy Hour Reception

AI Manufacturing

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From Digital Thread to Operational AI: Scaling Trusted Intelligence in Manufacturing

SCADA Tech & AI Utilities

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The Road to AI in Day-to-Day Manufacturing

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Getting Started with Enterprise AI: A No-Nonsense Guide for Manufacturers

Industrial AI 101

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Using AI in Manufacturing to Eliminate Late Production Orders – Case study of OTD Improvement in Hi-Mix/Lo-Volume Production Environment

AI Manufacturing

Panel

AI-Driven Supply Chain Optimization: From Factory Floor to Global Network

AI Manufacturing

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Applications of AI on the Production Shop Floor

SCADA Tech & AI Utilities

Panel

Digital Twins for Control Optimization: SCADA-Driven Simulation, Prediction & Response

Industrial AI 101

Panel

From Legacy to Smart: Retrofitting Existing Machines for AI Without a Full Equipment Upgrade

Keynote

Panel

From Pilot to Platform: Scaling Industrial AI Across the Enterprise

AI Manufacturing

Panel

AI-Enabled Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence in Industrial Operations

Table Talk

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The Response Gap: Finding the Minutes Between a Detected Problem and a Completed Fix

Table Talk

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Industrial AI in Practice: Separating Fact from Fluff

Networking Break

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Networking Break & 1:1 Meeting Program

Industrial AI 101

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A Practical Roadmap from Data Readiness to Measurable ROI

Networking Break

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Networking Break & 1:1 Meeting Program

Industrial AI 101